Wow. I'm not surprised. I've seen similiar items on etsy.com also. That's funny but sad. Plus horrible pictures.
Ignorance, usually. Sometimes it's crookedness, but just as often, it's just plain ol' stupidity. Fortunately the dummies usually outnumber the crooks. Can't always blame a noncollector for seeing pie in the sky, even when it's laughable and obviously not.